I've been using the Mijello 36 color set for a couple months now and I LOVE THEM (in fact, so much so that I have bought another set!). Although people complain that some of the colors aren't single pigment, I never really get muddy mixes and I mix colors a LOT. Also, just to play devil's advocate to the people complaining about single pigment stuff, Holbein is another excellent brand of watercolors that often contains white (PW6) in their paints but no one seems to be giving too much criticism on that, so why hate on the Mijello? At least they are transparent about the pigments used and everything (both Mijello and Holbein). The Mijello paints are my favorite to use since they rewet beautifully, the vast majority of the paints are lightfast, they are super vibrant, and one stroke of these paints can be equivalent to multiple layers of other similar quality professional paints. Plus they're super affordable for such good paints. My paints weren’t runny really at all but yours may have been because they've been sitting for too long. For the price of these 36 tubes and the palette (which is awesome by the way), you may only be able to get a few tubes of other professional brand paints. Also, to answer your inquiry on the Indigo color, I just double checked with my swatch chart and your Indigo is fine. Another thing to note is the vibrancy of the paints. A fun fact about these paints are that you can mix them with a little bit of titanium white gouache to use them as gouache! So as well as working wonderfully as watercolors, these double up well as a gouache (I mix it with a little bit of titanium white designer's gouache by Winsor Newton). I genuinely believe that you'll enjoy using these paints as they are great in every way :) Have fun!
Fun fact! The 34 set on amazon, the asian set, is the same color selection as the 36 set, just without the white and black. Dunno if it’s useful now, but I figured maybe someone would find it handy!
When you showed the "indigo" swatch, I almost thought you had a black and white filter over it until you put down the ivory! it's so intriguing how every brand's colors are different
I’m getting close to my four year anniversary with my 36 tube Mijello Mission Gold set! The indigo is a very dark indigo, and it’s more like a cool black. I used it so much that I starting using other colors as a substitute (like mixing prussian blue and Daniel Smith indanthrone blue with a complement), because I don’t want to run out and buy a new tube lol. It was my go-to black and created a lot more interest in my work than ivory black; it would be a great color for a monochromatic painting without going too blue. I was so excited to see this video about these paints and I’m so excited to see your next one!
I had the same experience with the indigo and use it in the same way. I have an ivory black from a different brand, but rarely use it, simply because of how well the indigo functions as a cool black. It was quite disappointing as a first experience with indigo, however, and I finally picked up an indigo from W&N. It was really cool to see a true indigo and compare it with Mijello's indigo.
if not this series, totally afterwards. A couple months ago I picked up a fistful of the tiny tubes since my local Jerrys was closing out their Daniel Smith mini tubes offerings. Thank yo use much for expressing interest!
Your tube of Indigo is fine, Mijellos Version just isn’t an actual Indigo. I was kinda disappointed back when I first swatched mine but treating it as a Payne's Gray is fine^^
I use Mijello Mission Gold single pigment watercolors and I absolutely loooove them. I think you'll like them, they rewet beautifully and are so vibrant. I've been meaning to do a video on them, but haven't had the chance to unfortunately. Yeah, they're great!
@@VictoriaGedvillas I haven't used the multi-pigment ones. I bought the single pigment set on ebay for a class and I fell in love IMMEDIATELY. I've had so much fun painting with them, they feel like butter! They don't make mud, instead they make dimensional shades and depending on how much you mix a couple of shades together, the single pigment with show through different parts of a wash. I really should make that video soon. Maybe this week.
Hi Ocrion, do these dry down fully in pans or do they never fully set/feel sticky? :) I want to buy the pure pigment set and make my own palette haha. Thanks in advance!
@@dakotahjadee Hello, dakotahjadee, some of them dry down complete, others stay a bit tacky which is what makes them so easy to rewet. I would not recommend them as a travel or plein air set if you live somewhere very humid because they might make a mess. I do recommend these for an at home set up and of course if you live in a drier environment. I'm still considering making a video about them soon. I just get so nervous
I think this is going to be one of your new favorite watercolor brands, especially when you start trying out their Single pigment colors. These are in my top five favorite artist grade watercolors
I love how you aren’t too technical with it because some people tend to talk about stuff you wouldn’t even notice when painting, whereas you used it and focused on how they worked painting :>
I highly recommend using a safety pin to stick inside the open top of the tubes to stir inside and mix up the pigment and binder in each tube BEFORE filling any pans with them. This made everything so much better and easier for me.
I treated myself to a small set of them and made a mini travel palette from them because I commuted on the train. I love them! I don't use them as often as I really want to, because I don't commute by train anymore and on the go was when I had the most time to paint. I do enjoy pulling them out whenever I do paint, because they are as close to artist-grade paints I have gotten.
Oh my god! I am from South Korea and I was considering if I should purchase these since my birthday is around the corner and I am really pleased that you uploaded this review! This is my first time commenting... I have been really enjoying your sketchbook habbit series and I am in love with your typical drawing style and your calming voice. Hmm... I hope I didn't make any grammer mistakes. Thank you!
i just got the mijello mission gold pure pigments set so i know thats different from what you're using here but they have been such a dream! i immediately noticed how vibrant the pure pigment set is, and a lot of my initial thoughts with the pure pigment set are similar to what you had with these watercolors. they are so saturated and lovely and i am so inspired when using them !!!
I have the mijello pure pigment set and I cant live without them. They were my first professional colors. The browns are really a little bit red heavy but aside that I just love them. My favorite color is the green gold. its so beautiful and rich.
Yes! I have both that Mijello and Prima Marketing watercolor sets you mentioned. I love the Primas, and I fell in love with the Mijellos even more, which makes me think you’ll really like them too! Also, that indigo is one of my favorites. Mine is dark like that too. 😊
To be honest, I’ve been waiting so long for you to do an unboxing/review of the Mijello Mission Gold. They’re my absolute FAVORITE watercolors to use and I’m really happy to hear you love them too! When I first got my set and began swatching, I also found it strange that Indigo turned out to be a Payne’s Gray. But I couldn’t stay mad at the mislabeling because the color was so rich and creamy, it became my top to use for value studies. I can’t wait to see what else you’ll be painting for Sketchbook Habit!
I do have this set and I use the Fabrino paper all the time after I was introduced to it. I will say that the indigo in my set is very much like yours but it is mainly how the colors are made. I had to mix the tube up a bit to get it the right color.
I have used these watercolors for almost four years now. They are my go to and they last such a long time. As someone who likes to try a lot of different sets, I always go back to them. I highly suspect you will be using these far beyond the first week!
Mijello's Indigo totally looks like this. It's interesting that you noted some people find this set difficult to mix with, because I find it really easy to mix with. This is a really fun set.
@@elaurielle2521 I find it really easy to mix. I think it may also depend on your familiarity with color theory/pigments as well. It may very well be that if I had picked up this set when I was new to watercolors, I may have found it more frustrating, but I mostly find it mixes how I expect it to, and because the colors are so vibrant, it's easier (for me) to get the balance on mixes that I want than it would be with other popular, but less poppy, sets. I started off learning watercolor with a Cotman set, so this was a TREAT by comparison. I think if you're new to watercolor, you're probably better off betting a basic six color set and learning color theory, but if you're more familiar with color theory/mixing, and particularly if you're drawn to these really bold colors, it's a really fun set to work with.
I have been using the Mijello pure pigment set for over 2 years now. Still in love with the bright colors, the consistency and how easy they rewet. This set seems great too, the mixes seem beautiful. I particularly love their ultramarine (almost out of it), perylene maroon and quin rose!
I haven't been able to experiment much with these watercolors, but I did notice one thing. Depending on the paper you use, sometimes the watercolor outline is a lot more harsh, like on the Canson watercolor sketchbook especially. It makes it a little difficult to do line art (inking and colored pencil) because the watercolor likes to make its own harsh lines. And when I reactivate them on the paper, I have to make sure the water is evenly dispersed or it will make that harsh line again. This, of course, could just be my preference since I do more figure illustrations with flatter colors than I do with textures. I also use the paul ruben's sketchbook, and the watercolors laid down a lot nicer on that paper, and I find pleasure in mixing the colors (especially the more saturated ones). They're really nice watercolors, my only suggestion is to experiment with different paper brands and decide by preference
i know its not super related to anything talked about in the video but when you showed that swatching brush next to a more clean one i just realized that i love the look of a used brush. you can see what colors its been in that have really stuck to it. like its a piece of art itself..
Oh wow, what a fun set! I'm looking forward to see what you do with these :) and such a delight to see you paint a little Wednesday! She came out so cute and spooky!
I bought this palette about a year ago and I am really in love with the brand ever since than. My indigo that came with the set was actually a lot more blue, so maybe they changed the formular a bit? Well after playing around with this 36 introductary set, I splurged on the single pigment set and some additional colours I enjoy because my local artshop started stocking the Mission gold tubes. I just love their vibrancy and pigmentload and the single pigment earth colours are more traditional and what you would expect from earthy watercolours. Yeah, so have fun with this set!
I have the same set and the indigo is the same way in mine. I was shocked when I swatched it, it wasn't what I had expected at all & I thought I had squeezed out double of the black. But I've grown to really love the option of having a warm and cool toned black in the palette even though I so rarely use black in my paint mixtures. I personally really love this set. I don't use it as often as some of my other paints but when I do reach for it I'm always happy with it. And even though a lot of the earth toned colors are multi-pigment mixes I really love the look they give off. Especially those earthy yellows ugh yes love them. They're really unique and I don't think I've come across the same hue or tone anywhere else
I have the pure pigment set. You can mix a lot of colours with these. I love mine. They are so vibrant. I like the fact they stay tacky in the pallet too.
Confession: I'm obsessed with your videos. I haven't used these paints before, they look gorgeous and I'm so interested in seeing how they work out for you!!
Your painting and mixing always give me some kind of relaxing, peaceful feeling and I love how you are dedicated and joyful. Surprised to seeing your indigo so black! My set is mijello 24 set, and the indigo is just fine, bluish color.
hi ! i have this pallet and i love it! i dont know if you know or if it just doesnt matter to you but you can sand down the mixing area with a really fine sanding paper so they wont do those small pools but a big one . some people also use tooth paste and a brush.
Today's episode was such a treat for me😍 Mijello and Wednesday Addams? Hell yes! Sooo exited for this week!! 💖 I haven't use this watercolors but they have been on my Amazon cart for a minute!
So excited about how you're planning to explore this palette and give us more as the week progresses! I've not used these paints, but I've been super tempted by their pure pigment collection, which is a set of only single pigment paints. They look so nice, but.. money.. lol.
I LOVE THESE PAINTS! They’re so pigmented I’ve had the same set of 24 tubes for the last five years and haven’t replaced a single color. Don’t worry about the paints being liquidy, that’s just part of their formula! I think if ur anything like me they’ll become one of your favorite paints, although I’m not ENTIRELY sure bc I have the pure pigment set and so some of the things that are really cool ab ur set like that opera rose, are things I’m not privy to. But the thing about having strange color names vs pigments is something I don’t have to worry about.
I got the mijello mission gold Permanent Magenta (PR122) and it’s absolutely gorgeous!😍 I do have some issues with the paint not taking to the paper very well (white speckling when the paint dries), but it was fine on the Mossery sketchbook paper and I’ve heard it’s better on hp paper. I don’t know if you have noticed it with any of your paints so far, but just wanted to let you know about that. I really like using the Fabriano Studio cp paper. Though, the paint can sometimes pool in the wide valleys of the paper when painting wet-in-wet, which can be an undesirable effect. I hope you enjoy using the paper!😊 Thanks for the video and looking forward to your next one!💕
Nice palette setup, I really enjoyed to watch this. The Mijello colours are indeed very bright, but they mix nicely - at least what I know from the pure pigment set. This is why I can't say anything about the weird indigo, but I think Oto Kano made a comparison of many indigo colours and the Mijello one was black in her comparison as well. So this is their "normal" indigo colour it seems. I'll be checking this, as I have the swatch cards. Great video and a cute illustration in the end! :)
Mijello is actually my first set of watercolors that ive ever tried a couple years ago and I was really happy with them. I've experimented and really like daniel smith and most recently have fallen in love with schminke BUT I always come back and have fun with my mijello. They're just fun and in my opinion great quality for the price. (got the 34 color set on amazon).
I have, one color of this set. The rest of my watercolors are artist loft. It's so frustratingly obvious how much better this set of colors is. I think you'll really like it, i for one crave to own this set.
I’ve been anticipating your review of these! I invested in quite a few of the tubes a few months ago and I’m in love with them! They are just so vibrant and pigmented just wow 🤩 Super happy you are going to be testing these out over the next few days. Best of luck!
They have the most obnoxious opera, I love it XD The vandyke and ultramarine mix into the most beautiful neutral... well, usually. Hopefully you can revive your vandyke brown! It's also the only one that's only PBr7 in that set, I think :)
Mijellos are actually some of my favorite watercolor paints. As you said, they're not in the upper echelons of fine art grade like Schmincke or Daniel Smith but for my illustrative needs, they're just fine. I'm one of those artists who appreciate vibrant, non-granulating colors. I've heard others in the past bring up the fact that the typical Mission Gold set contains lots of mixes and convenience colors, but the company also has a pure pigment set to address that very issue. I really think you'll like them.
ahhh! I'm so happy you love them! I bought this set about a year ago and I ADORE the pigmentation i have a few custom watercolor sets from wanderlust watercolors, a few miscellaneous winsor + newton, and a schmincke half pan set. the mijellos are actually my favorites. they're so easy to work with, i love the pigments, and i've made a small half-pan set out of them that i use the majority of the time. i do hope that you keep loving them
I think you'll really like it! I personally have this set and have really enjoyed using it in my artwork for it's really bright colors! I'm so excited that you're trying it out and I can't wait to see more of your results with it!
So glad you tried these! Not a TH-camr but a watercolorist and these are my favorite paints. Don't worry about the indigo, mine is the same way and I just bought this particular set a month ago. Definitely recommend Mijello's CrushOn pure pigment set (it's on Amazon) it's what I bought originally from them.
I have a few additional colours that I really love! They have a beautiful Payne’s gray and indanthrone blue. I also love the colour violet lake it’s a lovely warm purple colour.
So glad that you're reviewing this paints. Been wanting to buy this set for the longest time but I'm hesitating whether I should get this or Holbein. Looking forward to hear your first impression and thoughts about it in the next video :)
Yes! Finally I get to see tori using these paints!! I have these as well and the saruration of these paints just give life to whatever I draw. It also helps that I love saturated paints more than neutralized ones. And yep, the indigo is supposed to be like that. Interesting that mijellos give us 2 blacks.
I got a set of these paints around a year ago and my Indigo is also more like a cooler grey, so I think its just a name situation. I love the color too none the less, it makes a really good match with any of the other colors too. Aaaalso the Ultramarine deep is very very granulating as far as these paints go where most of the others aren't at all I find. These are my favorite paints by far rn I hope you'll enjoy them and I'm so excited to see how you work with them!💙
I am actually very surprised that you have only reached out to the Mijellos just now! I've been using their Pure pigment set for years now and it is my favourite palette. I think, you will absolutely love mijellos and that you will want it to be your main palette :) From my experience, they layer with such an ease, don't get muddy and are so bright, vivid and lightfast. And I think that is something you've been looking for! Very excited how you tackle them :)
Yay im so glad to see your opinion About them! Your one of my favourite watercolor artist and i am thinking of getting the pallet.can't wait until the end of the week!!
I believe Oto Kano has Mijello’s indigo in her “colossal color comparison” series and she showed it’s a black hue too. Mijello was my first watercolor set I started with a couple years ago (the second pure pigment set) and I love it. There’s at least one orange I’m not a fan of since it’s quite opaque, but other than that I super love the set. I don’t think it’s possible you’ll loathe this set in a week 😝 Have fun and thank you for sharing your thoughts for us
mijello was my first intro into professional paints i loved them at the time and theres still moments where i look back on colors that i love from the brand like the ophera. might even put a half pan in my studio palette as a guilty pleasure lol
im excited to hear your thoughts!! the 24 mjellos were my first professional grade watercolors and ive loved them for the past 4-5 years. i heard they tend to dry the color they were swatched as and not lighten up when dry like other paints in reviews which caught my attention back in the day. ive personally never had any major mixing troubles with them before, but i hope you enjoy giving them a shot ❤️
I got Mijello and tried it for the first time to test a new dagger brush, but the result wasn't what I was expecting. Was not happy about that, the colors didn't go well with a dry color and then another wet on top of a different color... (was trying to do flower petals in varied colors). I was not happy that I couldn't get any nice effects, even the new color on top hardly showed. But the next day I decided to actually do a painting with this brand and give it a proper chance. All I can say is WOW, I found how to use this paint correctly, differently than my other brands. The color was so vibrant and as long as I painted with different colors on the white paper and not really on top of already painted area (unless it is mostly pure and not diluted paint), it was perfect. Why? The paint is soooo vibrant that it dominates any second colors added. Knowing this my painting came out gorgeous! It is my most eye catching painting I have so far and I love it! I want to paint again tomorrow!! Sparks my colorful imagination ❤️ There is a bit of a learning curve if you use other paints like Sonnelier, like me, as they are sooooo different. But it is a good thing to have variety.
I think from the many many watercolors I own my mission gold pallete is my comfort zone. I bought the 12 color pallette to start with (because it's SO CUTE, and PINK) and after using them I had to buy more colors! Whenever I feel like I can't do art with my other pallettes this is the one that inspires me always! I wish they would sell the pink an grey pallettes they have seperately, because I would use them for everything
I have seen these used a few times ..I love the packaging ,bit expencive for me yet as I am just re learning ..but they lay down beautifully by the looks of it ,as your drawing has turned out gorgeous ..Stay safe and have fun with them 😀
It seems very common in Asian watercolor brands (Mijello, Holbein, Kuretake) to have "fancier" names for colors in comparison to the use of chemical names in Western brands (e.g peacock blue = pthalo blue). That and Asian watercolors also seem to have more opaque colors (more mixes with white). I think it's just that they're used in a different way than western watercolor brands that focus more on glazing and single pigments. And your paints being runny is totally normal they're made with honey so they should always be slightly tacky, at least my Sennelier paints have never dried completely (this winter was very humid so they got even stickier and got everywhere in my palette). Honey is a natural humectant so it'll always be absorbing the water in the air, so paints will never set up completely like Daniel Smith or W&N, the plus side is they are super easy to reactivate.
I bought these for their brightness, but also to try a watercolor brand with LESS flow. I learned to paint watercolors with QoR. As you can imagine, QoR paints do not behave like most watercolors. Their flow is EXTREME. I love my QoR paints. But after a while, I did want to purchase paints that stayed where I put them and were able to use lifting techniques with. (QoR doesn’t lift) It’s been five months since I purchased this palette and it has been an adjustment! I shift away from the mission gold for a long time because every time I used them, they behaved in ways that I didn’t want them to. I had cauliflowers/blooms EVERYWHERE, and my glazes were never clean because the paint lifts TOO easily. Now that I have gotten to know these paints better, we are best friends!! I’ve accepted the blooms. If I wasn’t willing risk a bloom, I couldn’t have used my QoR, M. Graham or Daniel Smith paints. But I didn’t. Therefore, I must accept these mission gold paints as they are and for the properties they come with. I actually enjoy my blooms now. Lol And I’ve learned to layer without lifting. It’s so much fun to experiment.
I am so happy you finally tried this set out, I really think this is going to open a lot of doors for you. I can't wait to see what you do with is pallet, I believe it will complement your art very well
I own this set. It takes FOREVER to dry. It took weeks and it's been a month or two since I got them and they are still squishy. My house is dry too, so it's not like the humidity is affecting them. They are made from honey, so that explains it. I like this set. It's a lot better than my previous set, which was ShinHan Watercolours.
I have this same set and it's hard to tell from the video but my Indigo is a very dark blue that almost looks black but has a blue tinge, yours looks a little more black on the screen then my swatch of it. I was surprised you compared them to Prima Marketing paint sets. I have a few of those sets myself, but thought the Mission Gold was a better grade then them - I'd be interested in more of your thoughts on this 🙂
I used to have 1 but I gave the pallet away to another kid who really into art but she really couldn't afford since she still in her middle school. but I kept the tubes thou.. XD these can last like forever. they do have the pure pigment set that I own as well .. and a gouache set .. XD.. I kind of obsess with mijello because the color so bright and vibrant and really easy to active . btw mine indigo look the same, I don't even notice until you point it out. I have this set for more than 2 - 3 years now
@Shmorle I know I'm about year late on this video, and don't know where you live. But wanted to tell you about another good brand to try that is fairly new on the market. I bought them a couple months ago. I believe they are made it China. They are the ArtWhale watercolor tubes on Amazon. Here in US I got them for $32 for a set of 24, so about half the price of this set. Still waiting on light-fast results, but they are so fun to paint with, rewet easily, and vivid colors as well. Pigment info is a little wonky, but they do list all of it on the tube. they perform as well as all of my other professional watercolors, and I have quite a few well known brands. This mijello set should be delivered this weekend. I got a gently used set off Mercari. Hence why I am just now watching this review. Lol
I love my Mijello palette. My first watercolor palette. I got it 1-2 years ago. Hoping to get more colors soon. 🤞Hope you love this palette just as much as I do. :D
Beautiful! The tones in her face look just like the colors from your touch twin set 😩👌 I so so SO hope you get to debut your Japanese watercolor mini palette during this habit video challenge! Or at least sometime in the future :>
I just finished a panting when you uploaded this, with these paints actually! This was my first professional watercolor set and I love them. Hope you do too! Btw they do sell a single pigment set
Oh my god Wednesday is my absolute favourite Character ever!! Such a wonderful painting! And the tubes look so nice and shiny and I actually really like the palettes, they look pretty cool.
My prediction is that you will love all but the browns (once you get over the weird naming system they use.) I have them in pans and they re-wet beautifully and are very saturated. The don't spread like QoR though, so probably best for people who like realistic painting over loose.
I LOVE Mission Gold, I've been using them for 2 years and I've collected 51 colors so far! 💕 My indigo is the same, and it definitely caught me off guard, but I think it's beautiful and I treat it as a black in my palette. I don't have a ton of mixing issues with them, since I do have their pure pigment set in my mix, but some blends are weird. I do think their naming requires you to do some research before buying colors thought. The Gamboge is the most disappointing color I've collected from them. I don't under stand why it's so opaque, with 3 pigments (one of which is a brown), and zero luminosity to it.
Gonna take a guess that you're gonna stick with these for a while! At least in conjunction with the prima palettes. They're very bright and summery all around, so I'm curious to see what you make :)
I just did a video comparing 8 different brands of Indigo watercolor paints, and yes, my Mission Gold was also very black/grey. It definitely didn't look like any Indigo I was used to.
I have the Fabriano and I think it’s quite good. But you should try out Bee Paper which you can get from Amazon. It’s 100% cotton and a little more than the Fabriano but it’s amazing esp for the price.
I've been using the Mijello 36 color set for a couple months now and I LOVE THEM (in fact, so much so that I have bought another set!). Although people complain that some of the colors aren't single pigment, I never really get muddy mixes and I mix colors a LOT. Also, just to play devil's advocate to the people complaining about single pigment stuff, Holbein is another excellent brand of watercolors that often contains white (PW6) in their paints but no one seems to be giving too much criticism on that, so why hate on the Mijello? At least they are transparent about the pigments used and everything (both Mijello and Holbein). The Mijello paints are my favorite to use since they rewet beautifully, the vast majority of the paints are lightfast, they are super vibrant, and one stroke of these paints can be equivalent to multiple layers of other similar quality professional paints. Plus they're super affordable for such good paints. My paints weren’t runny really at all but yours may have been because they've been sitting for too long. For the price of these 36 tubes and the palette (which is awesome by the way), you may only be able to get a few tubes of other professional brand paints. Also, to answer your inquiry on the Indigo color, I just double checked with my swatch chart and your Indigo is fine. Another thing to note is the vibrancy of the paints. A fun fact about these paints are that you can mix them with a little bit of titanium white gouache to use them as gouache! So as well as working wonderfully as watercolors, these double up well as a gouache (I mix it with a little bit of titanium white designer's gouache by Winsor Newton). I genuinely believe that you'll enjoy using these paints as they are great in every way :) Have fun!
True. Mijello, holbein, and shinhan are sooo underrated. I love paul rubens too. Their prices are reasonable for such quality wc.
The answer to my questions 🧎 THANK U SO MUCH 😭😭❤️
Fun fact! The 34 set on amazon, the asian set, is the same color selection as the 36 set, just without the white and black. Dunno if it’s useful now, but I figured maybe someone would find it handy!
When you showed the "indigo" swatch, I almost thought you had a black and white filter over it until you put down the ivory! it's so intriguing how every brand's colors are different
I’m getting close to my four year anniversary with my 36 tube Mijello Mission Gold set! The indigo is a very dark indigo, and it’s more like a cool black. I used it so much that I starting using other colors as a substitute (like mixing prussian blue and Daniel Smith indanthrone blue with a complement), because I don’t want to run out and buy a new tube lol. It was my go-to black and created a lot more interest in my work than ivory black; it would be a great color for a monochromatic painting without going too blue.
I was so excited to see this video about these paints and I’m so excited to see your next one!
Hello! I love your works✨
I had the same experience with the indigo and use it in the same way. I have an ivory black from a different brand, but rarely use it, simply because of how well the indigo functions as a cool black. It was quite disappointing as a first experience with indigo, however, and I finally picked up an indigo from W&N. It was really cool to see a true indigo and compare it with Mijello's indigo.
I want to ask if at some future point in this series could you go back to your daniel smith tubes? I'd love to see you use them again!
if not this series, totally afterwards. A couple months ago I picked up a fistful of the tiny tubes since my local Jerrys was closing out their Daniel Smith mini tubes offerings. Thank yo use much for expressing interest!
Your tube of Indigo is fine, Mijellos Version just isn’t an actual Indigo. I was kinda disappointed back when I first swatched mine but treating it as a Payne's Gray is fine^^
I use Mijello Mission Gold single pigment watercolors and I absolutely loooove them. I think you'll like them, they rewet beautifully and are so vibrant. I've been meaning to do a video on them, but haven't had the chance to unfortunately. Yeah, they're great!
Do you favor the single pigments over the multi- pigment offerings?
@@VictoriaGedvillas I haven't used the multi-pigment ones. I bought the single pigment set on ebay for a class and I fell in love IMMEDIATELY. I've had so much fun painting with them, they feel like butter! They don't make mud, instead they make dimensional shades and depending on how much you mix a couple of shades together, the single pigment with show through different parts of a wash. I really should make that video soon. Maybe this week.
Hi Ocrion, do these dry down fully in pans or do they never fully set/feel sticky? :) I want to buy the pure pigment set and make my own palette haha. Thanks in advance!
@@dakotahjadee Hello, dakotahjadee, some of them dry down complete, others stay a bit tacky which is what makes them so easy to rewet. I would not recommend them as a travel or plein air set if you live somewhere very humid because they might make a mess. I do recommend these for an at home set up and of course if you live in a drier environment. I'm still considering making a video about them soon. I just get so nervous
Ocrion thank you for the info! 😊 you should totally do a video on them! I’ll watch it haha
I think this is going to be one of your new favorite watercolor brands, especially when you start trying out their Single pigment colors. These are in my top five favorite artist grade watercolors
I love how you aren’t too technical with it because some people tend to talk about stuff you wouldn’t even notice when painting, whereas you used it and focused on how they worked painting :>
I never clicked so quickly in my life.
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I highly recommend using a safety pin to stick inside the open top of the tubes to stir inside and mix up the pigment and binder in each tube BEFORE filling any pans with them. This made everything so much better and easier for me.
I treated myself to a small set of them and made a mini travel palette from them because I commuted on the train. I love them! I don't use them as often as I really want to, because I don't commute by train anymore and on the go was when I had the most time to paint. I do enjoy pulling them out whenever I do paint, because they are as close to artist-grade paints I have gotten.
Oh my god! I am from South Korea and I was considering if I should purchase these since my birthday is around the corner and I am really pleased that you uploaded this review! This is my first time commenting... I have been really enjoying your sketchbook habbit series and I am in love with your typical drawing style and your calming voice. Hmm... I hope I didn't make any grammer mistakes. Thank you!
i just got the mijello mission gold pure pigments set so i know thats different from what you're using here but they have been such a dream! i immediately noticed how vibrant the pure pigment set is, and a lot of my initial thoughts with the pure pigment set are similar to what you had with these watercolors. they are so saturated and lovely and i am so inspired when using them !!!
I have the mijello pure pigment set and I cant live without them. They were my first professional colors. The browns are really a little bit red heavy but aside that I just love them. My favorite color is the green gold. its so beautiful and rich.
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Yes! I have both that Mijello and Prima Marketing watercolor sets you mentioned. I love the Primas, and I fell in love with the Mijellos even more, which makes me think you’ll really like them too! Also, that indigo is one of my favorites. Mine is dark like that too. 😊
I have this set and the indigo took me for an adventure. DS indigo is by far my favorite
To be honest, I’ve been waiting so long for you to do an unboxing/review of the Mijello Mission Gold. They’re my absolute FAVORITE watercolors to use and I’m really happy to hear you love them too!
When I first got my set and began swatching, I also found it strange that Indigo turned out to be a Payne’s Gray. But I couldn’t stay mad at the mislabeling because the color was so rich and creamy, it became my top to use for value studies.
I can’t wait to see what else you’ll be painting for Sketchbook Habit!
I do have this set and I use the Fabrino paper all the time after I was introduced to it. I will say that the indigo in my set is very much like yours but it is mainly how the colors are made. I had to mix the tube up a bit to get it the right color.
I really really love how you take your time to give our honest opinion. Please continue to do your review like that💜
I have used these watercolors for almost four years now. They are my go to and they last such a long time. As someone who likes to try a lot of different sets, I always go back to them. I highly suspect you will be using these far beyond the first week!
Mijello's Indigo totally looks like this. It's interesting that you noted some people find this set difficult to mix with, because I find it really easy to mix with. This is a really fun set.
Idk when i saw another videos about mijello, many ppl don't like it bcs it's hard to mix, is it fine for mixing the color like you said?
@@elaurielle2521 I find it really easy to mix. I think it may also depend on your familiarity with color theory/pigments as well. It may very well be that if I had picked up this set when I was new to watercolors, I may have found it more frustrating, but I mostly find it mixes how I expect it to, and because the colors are so vibrant, it's easier (for me) to get the balance on mixes that I want than it would be with other popular, but less poppy, sets. I started off learning watercolor with a Cotman set, so this was a TREAT by comparison. I think if you're new to watercolor, you're probably better off betting a basic six color set and learning color theory, but if you're more familiar with color theory/mixing, and particularly if you're drawn to these really bold colors, it's a really fun set to work with.
I'm finally splurging on these after a year of thinking about them and I'm so excited !!
They’re great!
The ability of using up the colors in watercolors is so satisfying , maybe that’s why I don’t enjoy acrylics and the paint will go to waste 🎨
I have been using the Mijello pure pigment set for over 2 years now. Still in love with the bright colors, the consistency and how easy they rewet. This set seems great too, the mixes seem beautiful. I particularly love their ultramarine (almost out of it), perylene maroon and quin rose!
I haven't been able to experiment much with these watercolors, but I did notice one thing. Depending on the paper you use, sometimes the watercolor outline is a lot more harsh, like on the Canson watercolor sketchbook especially. It makes it a little difficult to do line art (inking and colored pencil) because the watercolor likes to make its own harsh lines. And when I reactivate them on the paper, I have to make sure the water is evenly dispersed or it will make that harsh line again. This, of course, could just be my preference since I do more figure illustrations with flatter colors than I do with textures.
I also use the paul ruben's sketchbook, and the watercolors laid down a lot nicer on that paper, and I find pleasure in mixing the colors (especially the more saturated ones). They're really nice watercolors, my only suggestion is to experiment with different paper brands and decide by preference
i know its not super related to anything talked about in the video but when you showed that swatching brush next to a more clean one i just realized that i love the look of a used brush. you can see what colors its been in that have really stuck to it. like its a piece of art itself..
Oh wow, what a fun set! I'm looking forward to see what you do with these :) and such a delight to see you paint a little Wednesday! She came out so cute and spooky!
I bought this palette about a year ago and I am really in love with the brand ever since than. My indigo that came with the set was actually a lot more blue, so maybe they changed the formular a bit? Well after playing around with this 36 introductary set, I splurged on the single pigment set and some additional colours I enjoy because my local artshop started stocking the Mission gold tubes. I just love their vibrancy and pigmentload and the single pigment earth colours are more traditional and what you would expect from earthy watercolours. Yeah, so have fun with this set!
I have the same set and the indigo is the same way in mine. I was shocked when I swatched it, it wasn't what I had expected at all & I thought I had squeezed out double of the black. But I've grown to really love the option of having a warm and cool toned black in the palette even though I so rarely use black in my paint mixtures. I personally really love this set. I don't use it as often as some of my other paints but when I do reach for it I'm always happy with it. And even though a lot of the earth toned colors are multi-pigment mixes I really love the look they give off. Especially those earthy yellows ugh yes love them. They're really unique and I don't think I've come across the same hue or tone anywhere else
I have the pure pigment set. You can mix a lot of colours with these. I love mine. They are so vibrant. I like the fact they stay tacky in the pallet too.
I've had my eyes on this palette for about 1 year and I'm super happy you are finally trying these out!!!
Confession: I'm obsessed with your videos. I haven't used these paints before, they look gorgeous and I'm so interested in seeing how they work out for you!!
Your painting and mixing always give me some kind of relaxing, peaceful feeling and I love how you are dedicated and joyful. Surprised to seeing your indigo so black! My set is mijello 24 set, and the indigo is just fine, bluish color.
hi ! i have this pallet and i love it! i dont know if you know or if it just doesnt matter to you but you can sand down the mixing area with a really fine sanding paper so they wont do those small pools but a big one . some people also use tooth paste and a brush.
Today's episode was such a treat for me😍 Mijello and Wednesday Addams? Hell yes! Sooo exited for this week!! 💖 I haven't use this watercolors but they have been on my Amazon cart for a minute!
So excited about how you're planning to explore this palette and give us more as the week progresses! I've not used these paints, but I've been super tempted by their pure pigment collection, which is a set of only single pigment paints. They look so nice, but.. money.. lol.
I LOVE THESE PAINTS! They’re so pigmented I’ve had the same set of 24 tubes for the last five years and haven’t replaced a single color. Don’t worry about the paints being liquidy, that’s just part of their formula! I think if ur anything like me they’ll become one of your favorite paints, although I’m not ENTIRELY sure bc I have the pure pigment set and so some of the things that are really cool ab ur set like that opera rose, are things I’m not privy to. But the thing about having strange color names vs pigments is something I don’t have to worry about.
I got the mijello mission gold Permanent Magenta (PR122) and it’s absolutely gorgeous!😍 I do have some issues with the paint not taking to the paper very well (white speckling when the paint dries), but it was fine on the Mossery sketchbook paper and I’ve heard it’s better on hp paper. I don’t know if you have noticed it with any of your paints so far, but just wanted to let you know about that.
I really like using the Fabriano Studio cp paper. Though, the paint can sometimes pool in the wide valleys of the paper when painting wet-in-wet, which can be an undesirable effect. I hope you enjoy using the paper!😊
Thanks for the video and looking forward to your next one!💕
Nice palette setup, I really enjoyed to watch this. The Mijello colours are indeed very bright, but they mix nicely - at least what I know from the pure pigment set. This is why I can't say anything about the weird indigo, but I think Oto Kano made a comparison of many indigo colours and the Mijello one was black in her comparison as well. So this is their "normal" indigo colour it seems.
I'll be checking this, as I have the swatch cards.
Great video and a cute illustration in the end! :)
Mijello is actually my first set of watercolors that ive ever tried a couple years ago and I was really happy with them. I've experimented and really like daniel smith and most recently have fallen in love with schminke BUT I always come back and have fun with my mijello. They're just fun and in my opinion great quality for the price. (got the 34 color set on amazon).
I have, one color of this set. The rest of my watercolors are artist loft. It's so frustratingly obvious how much better this set of colors is. I think you'll really like it, i for one crave to own this set.
I’ve been anticipating your review of these! I invested in quite a few of the tubes a few months ago and I’m in love with them! They are just so vibrant and pigmented just wow 🤩 Super happy you are going to be testing these out over the next few days. Best of luck!
They have the most obnoxious opera, I love it XD
The vandyke and ultramarine mix into the most beautiful neutral... well, usually. Hopefully you can revive your vandyke brown! It's also the only one that's only PBr7 in that set, I think :)
I have the pure pigment set and I love them. They are bright, they mix well and you only need a little dab.
Stayed up just for this 😭🖤🖤
same here haha
Sleep well! Thank you for watching!
We too!
Mijellos are actually some of my favorite watercolor paints. As you said, they're not in the upper echelons of fine art grade like Schmincke or Daniel Smith but for my illustrative needs, they're just fine. I'm one of those artists who appreciate vibrant, non-granulating colors. I've heard others in the past bring up the fact that the typical Mission Gold set contains lots of mixes and convenience colors, but the company also has a pure pigment set to address that very issue.
I really think you'll like them.
ahhh! I'm so happy you love them! I bought this set about a year ago and I ADORE the pigmentation
i have a few custom watercolor sets from wanderlust watercolors, a few miscellaneous winsor + newton, and a schmincke half pan set. the mijellos are actually my favorites. they're so easy to work with, i love the pigments, and i've made a small half-pan set out of them that i use the majority of the time.
i do hope that you keep loving them
I think you'll really like it! I personally have this set and have really enjoyed using it in my artwork for it's really bright colors! I'm so excited that you're trying it out and I can't wait to see more of your results with it!
Thank you for uploading this series. It really chears me up to watch this in the morning.
So glad you tried these! Not a TH-camr but a watercolorist and these are my favorite paints. Don't worry about the indigo, mine is the same way and I just bought this particular set a month ago. Definitely recommend Mijello's CrushOn pure pigment set (it's on Amazon) it's what I bought originally from them.
I have a few additional colours that I really love! They have a beautiful Payne’s gray and indanthrone blue. I also love the colour violet lake it’s a lovely warm purple colour.
So glad that you're reviewing this paints. Been wanting to buy this set for the longest time but I'm hesitating whether I should get this or Holbein. Looking forward to hear your first impression and thoughts about it in the next video :)
This box of watercolour is really delicate, like an art piece!
Yes! Finally I get to see tori using these paints!! I have these as well and the saruration of these paints just give life to whatever I draw. It also helps that I love saturated paints more than neutralized ones. And yep, the indigo is supposed to be like that. Interesting that mijellos give us 2 blacks.
I got a set of these paints around a year ago and my Indigo is also more like a cooler grey, so I think its just a name situation. I love the color too none the less, it makes a really good match with any of the other colors too. Aaaalso the Ultramarine deep is very very granulating as far as these paints go where most of the others aren't at all I find. These are my favorite paints by far rn I hope you'll enjoy them and I'm so excited to see how you work with them!💙
Gold Mission....Value for money......they are vivid.
i think i have the silver set but i love mijello! so excited for u to work with these
Beautiful 🖤🖤🖤 I live in Jordan so the first thing I watch in the morning is your videos 🥰 good luck with your new colors 😁
I am actually very surprised that you have only reached out to the Mijellos just now! I've been using their Pure pigment set for years now and it is my favourite palette. I think, you will absolutely love mijellos and that you will want it to be your main palette :) From my experience, they layer with such an ease, don't get muddy and are so bright, vivid and lightfast. And I think that is something you've been looking for! Very excited how you tackle them :)
To answer your question about the indigo, my tube seems to be more on the cool toned and green then the swatch I see.
Yay im so glad to see your opinion About them! Your one of my favourite watercolor artist and i am thinking of getting the pallet.can't wait until the end of the week!!
The girl that you drew looks so pretty! I love your art!!!
I believe Oto Kano has Mijello’s indigo in her “colossal color comparison” series and she showed it’s a black hue too.
Mijello was my first watercolor set I started with a couple years ago (the second pure pigment set) and I love it. There’s at least one orange I’m not a fan of since it’s quite opaque, but other than that I super love the set. I don’t think it’s possible you’ll loathe this set in a week 😝
Have fun and thank you for sharing your thoughts for us
I’m so excited you’re using this palette! I’ve been on the fence whether to buy this palette and now I get to watch you make beautiful art with it
just finished the last one! I love drawing along with these videos!
I’ve heard they are good, so I think you’ll probably love them. Wednesday came out fantastic as well !
mijello was my first intro into professional paints i loved them at the time and theres still moments where i look back on colors that i love from the brand like the ophera. might even put a half pan in my studio palette as a guilty pleasure lol
im excited to hear your thoughts!! the 24 mjellos were my first professional grade watercolors and ive loved them for the past 4-5 years. i heard they tend to dry the color they were swatched as and not lighten up when dry like other paints in reviews which caught my attention back in the day. ive personally never had any major mixing troubles with them before, but i hope you enjoy giving them a shot ❤️
I got Mijello and tried it for the first time to test a new dagger brush, but the result wasn't what I was expecting. Was not happy about that, the colors didn't go well with a dry color and then another wet on top of a different color... (was trying to do flower petals in varied colors). I was not happy that I couldn't get any nice effects, even the new color on top hardly showed. But the next day I decided to actually do a painting with this brand and give it a proper chance. All I can say is WOW, I found how to use this paint correctly, differently than my other brands. The color was so vibrant and as long as I painted with different colors on the white paper and not really on top of already painted area (unless it is mostly pure and not diluted paint), it was perfect. Why? The paint is soooo vibrant that it dominates any second colors added. Knowing this my painting came out gorgeous! It is my most eye catching painting I have so far and I love it! I want to paint again tomorrow!! Sparks my colorful imagination ❤️ There is a bit of a learning curve if you use other paints like Sonnelier, like me, as they are sooooo different. But it is a good thing to have variety.
I think from the many many watercolors I own my mission gold pallete is my comfort zone. I bought the 12 color pallette to start with (because it's SO CUTE, and PINK) and after using them I had to buy more colors! Whenever I feel like I can't do art with my other pallettes this is the one that inspires me always!
I wish they would sell the pink an grey pallettes they have seperately, because I would use them for everything
Hey Tori, I have the pure pigment set of Mijello Mission Gold and I love them, but my set does not include the indigo.
oh wow those watercolors are beautiful! thanks for sharing! LOVED the sketch~ Wednesday is a fave~
I have seen these used a few times ..I love the packaging ,bit expencive for me yet as I am just re learning ..but they lay down beautifully by the looks of it ,as your drawing has turned out gorgeous ..Stay safe and have fun with them 😀
Yes the indigo is the same blackish in my set too
It seems very common in Asian watercolor brands (Mijello, Holbein, Kuretake) to have "fancier" names for colors in comparison to the use of chemical names in Western brands (e.g peacock blue = pthalo blue). That and Asian watercolors also seem to have more opaque colors (more mixes with white). I think it's just that they're used in a different way than western watercolor brands that focus more on glazing and single pigments.
And your paints being runny is totally normal they're made with honey so they should always be slightly tacky, at least my Sennelier paints have never dried completely (this winter was very humid so they got even stickier and got everywhere in my palette). Honey is a natural humectant so it'll always be absorbing the water in the air, so paints will never set up completely like Daniel Smith or W&N, the plus side is they are super easy to reactivate.
Omg, I want that palette! So much mixing space.
I bought these for their brightness, but also to try a watercolor brand with LESS flow. I learned to paint watercolors with QoR. As you can imagine, QoR paints do not behave like most watercolors. Their flow is EXTREME. I love my QoR paints. But after a while, I did want to purchase paints that stayed where I put them and were able to use lifting techniques with. (QoR doesn’t lift)
It’s been five months since I purchased this palette and it has been an adjustment!
I shift away from the mission gold for a long time because every time I used them, they behaved in ways that I didn’t want them to. I had cauliflowers/blooms EVERYWHERE, and my glazes were never clean because the paint lifts TOO easily.
Now that I have gotten to know these paints better, we are best friends!! I’ve accepted the blooms. If I wasn’t willing risk a bloom, I couldn’t have used my QoR, M. Graham or Daniel Smith paints. But I didn’t. Therefore, I must accept these mission gold paints as they are and for the properties they come with. I actually enjoy my blooms now. Lol
And I’ve learned to layer without lifting. It’s so much fun to experiment.
loving this!!!! I so want to try these when I'm good enough
I love my mijello so much! Every time i pull it out, i’m super duper pumped and overjoyed to draw. I think you’ll fall in love with it too
I am so happy you finally tried this set out, I really think this is going to open a lot of doors for you. I can't wait to see what you do with is pallet, I believe it will complement your art very well
So excited for your next videos!!!
I own this set. It takes FOREVER to dry. It took weeks and it's been a month or two since I got them and they are still squishy. My house is dry too, so it's not like the humidity is affecting them. They are made from honey, so that explains it. I like this set. It's a lot better than my previous set, which was ShinHan Watercolours.
Hi Tori! My Mijello Indigo also looks black
I have this same set and it's hard to tell from the video but my Indigo is a very dark blue that almost looks black but has a blue tinge, yours looks a little more black on the screen then my swatch of it. I was surprised you compared them to Prima Marketing paint sets. I have a few of those sets myself, but thought the Mission Gold was a better grade then them - I'd be interested in more of your thoughts on this 🙂
I used to have 1 but I gave the pallet away to another kid who really into art but she really couldn't afford since she still in her middle school. but I kept the tubes thou.. XD these can last like forever. they do have the pure pigment set that I own as well .. and a gouache set .. XD.. I kind of obsess with mijello because the color so bright and vibrant and really easy to active .
btw mine indigo look the same, I don't even notice until you point it out. I have this set for more than 2 - 3 years now
Ive always wanted to try this out, but dont have enough money. But thanks for the review❤❤❤
Same😅🤣
Here in our country, art supplies are pretty expansive especially professional grade paints
@Shmorle I know I'm about year late on this video, and don't know where you live. But wanted to tell you about another good brand to try that is fairly new on the market. I bought them a couple months ago. I believe they are made it China. They are the ArtWhale watercolor tubes on Amazon. Here in US I got them for $32 for a set of 24, so about half the price of this set. Still waiting on light-fast results, but they are so fun to paint with, rewet easily, and vivid colors as well. Pigment info is a little wonky, but they do list all of it on the tube. they perform as well as all of my other professional watercolors, and I have quite a few well known brands. This mijello set should be delivered this weekend. I got a gently used set off Mercari. Hence why I am just now watching this review. Lol
I love my Mijello palette. My first watercolor palette. I got it 1-2 years ago. Hoping to get more colors soon. 🤞Hope you love this palette just as much as I do. :D
Beautiful! The tones in her face look just like the colors from your touch twin set 😩👌 I so so SO hope you get to debut your Japanese watercolor mini palette during this habit video challenge! Or at least sometime in the future :>
I just finished a panting when you uploaded this, with these paints actually! This was my first professional watercolor set and I love them. Hope you do too! Btw they do sell a single pigment set
Glad you liked them. Those things are worth more than the Daniel Smith here in my country so I might never give them a go.
WoW this set looks so beautiful😍
Oh my god Wednesday is my absolute favourite Character ever!! Such a wonderful painting! And the tubes look so nice and shiny and I actually really like the palettes, they look pretty cool.
My prediction is that you will love all but the browns (once you get over the weird naming system they use.) I have them in pans and they re-wet beautifully and are very saturated. The don't spread like QoR though, so probably best for people who like realistic painting over loose.
I LOVE Mission Gold, I've been using them for 2 years and I've collected 51 colors so far! 💕 My indigo is the same, and it definitely caught me off guard, but I think it's beautiful and I treat it as a black in my palette. I don't have a ton of mixing issues with them, since I do have their pure pigment set in my mix, but some blends are weird. I do think their naming requires you to do some research before buying colors thought. The Gamboge is the most disappointing color I've collected from them. I don't under stand why it's so opaque, with 3 pigments (one of which is a brown), and zero luminosity to it.
Did you like the Fabriano paper for today's swatches?
woOAH THEY ARE SO BRIGHT i really wanted to buy them now thanks for your cute review 💖💖
Gonna take a guess that you're gonna stick with these for a while! At least in conjunction with the prima palettes. They're very bright and summery all around, so I'm curious to see what you make :)
I just did a video comparing 8 different brands of Indigo watercolor paints, and yes, my Mission Gold was also very black/grey. It definitely didn't look like any Indigo I was used to.
I have the Fabriano and I think it’s quite good. But you should try out Bee Paper which you can get from Amazon. It’s 100% cotton and a little more than the Fabriano but it’s amazing esp for the price.
The loose sheets aren’t available.
the day the loose sheets come back on amazon, I think we will all be dancing in celebration.
Victoria Gedvillas Oh I’m in Canada & the Canadian site still has them. How the tables have turned😂 We can never find any goodies up here
I was looking for Bee Paper on Amazon last night and sad that none of their 300 gsm 100% cotton rag was available.
Victoria Gedvillas Indeed!